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Proposed Tip-Pooling Law is So Bad for Workers the Government Hid Data on It

posted by Fnord666 on Tuesday February 06 2018, @02:16PM   Printer-friendly
from the no-tipping-allowed dept.

MrPlow writes:

Submitted via IRC for SoyCow9228

Back in December, we reported on the Trump administration's proposed changes to tip-pooling regulations that would allow employers to pocket servers' tips as long as the employees continue to make minimum wage. That's right: Employers could take servers' tips and just dole out the minimum wage. But wait, it gets worse!

Turns out, the Department Of Labor knew how crappy this would make life for restaurant employees. This Bloomberg Law article, citing sources within the agency, reveals that the Department Of Labor knowingly buried its own data that showed restaurant workers would lose billions of dollars in gratuities under the new proposal.

Source: https://thetakeout.com/proposed-tip-pooling-law-is-so-bad-for-workers-the-gove-1822664111

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  • (Score: 2) by NewNic on Tuesday February 06 2018, @08:32PM (3 children)

    by NewNic (6420) on Tuesday February 06 2018, @08:32PM (#634081) Journal

    I have never really understood this mentality.

    I interact with the wait staff at a restaurant, but really, it's the kitchen staff that ensure my meal is tasty and not full of salmonella or other bacteria. It's the kitchen staff that are most important for my enjoyment of a meal.

    Why tip the wait staff when the kitchen staff cooked a stellar meal?

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  • (Score: -1, Flamebait) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday February 06 2018, @10:00PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday February 06 2018, @10:00PM (#634124)

    The waitstaff are paid 3 dollars an hour and the kitchen staff 9? That's a damn good reason right there, jackhole.

  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday February 07 2018, @04:19AM (1 child)

    by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday February 07 2018, @04:19AM (#634288)

    Because all the others in the US get the 'full' minimum wage - wait staff don't.

    • (Score: 2) by NewNic on Thursday February 08 2018, @01:35AM

      by NewNic (6420) on Thursday February 08 2018, @01:35AM (#634606) Journal

      Where I live the wait staff get full minimum wage.

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